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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigemi Kanda, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355299 ; 355296 ; 355301 ; 355302 ;
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus comprises a cleaning housing which has an opening and an accommodating part for accommodating removed toner. The opening faces an image bearing member. The apparatus further comprises a blade which covers part of the opening with the blade having one end which contacts the image bearing member, a cleaning roller, which is provided in the cleaning housing, for collecting toner which is removed by the blade and transporting the toner into the cleaning housing, and a scraper for scraping toner on the cleaning roller. The accommodating part for accumulating removed toner is partitioned by the scraper.